One of the world’s largest animal health companies non-exclusively licensed the USDA and UConn’s jointly owned vaccine candidate for African swine fever, a lethal disease in pigs
A young pig about to receive an injection. (iStock Photo)
African swine fever (ASF),...
Smithfield Foods today announced senior management team changes following Chief Operating Officer Brady Stewart’s decision to depart the company. Stewart resigned from Smithfield today to accept a position with an industry competitor.
While the company evaluates longer-term organizational changes, members...
While in recent decades public agricultural research and development (R&D) funding in the United States has trended downward, several other major trading partners have increased their funding. The European Union's expenditures have grown since 2000, as have the expenditures...
Statement by Terry Wolters, NPPC president and owner of Stoney Creek Farms in Pipestone, Minnesota
“The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) applauds Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s announcement on the extension of lower tariff rates on pork and other food items....
Since 2002, 14 states have implemented policies addressing farm animal welfare, with the most common banning confinement practices in the pork, egg and veal industries or prohibiting the sale of products from noncompliant operations, according to a new USDA...
Source: Pipestone
The term ‘sustainability’ wears multiple hats in the world of pig farming. Today, PIPESTONE covers pigs, people and planet under that hat. Greenway Farms, located west of Mitchell, SD, recognizes these aspects of pig farming, and actively works...
Commissioners for a Florida county has voted unanimously to spend $2.5 million for a meat processing plant in the town of Newberry, according to a report by local radio station WUFT.
The money is part of the $52.25 million allocated...
Source: The Sentinel
What began as a family supporting their child’s Future Farmers of America hog project has grown into Sierra Nevada Farms, a boutique pork ranch now shipping premium Central Valley born and raised heritage pork to seven western...
The U.S. is facing an alarming shortfall of veterinarians to treat livestock and poultry in rural areas, threatening public health, food safety, and economic growth in communities that depend on agriculture, according to a new report commissioned by Farm...
California has extended the state’s injunction on implementation of its Prop 12 animal welfare law, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said.
The extension to July 1, 2023, comes after Food Equity Alliance, a coalition retailers, grocers and restaurants in...